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Alright, we're three weeks into the semester, which means that I've been to just about enough classes to get reliable impressions - I'll probably read back to this entry someday and realize how wrong I am (as is often the case), but here's what my semester looks like ( Read more... ) -
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Lidang: No.
Sent at 12:12 AM on Monday -
One resolution down!
with 36 minutes to spare :D
There's a passage by Aeschylus that precedes the main part of the book, which is only the second place where I've ever heard of him - the first being, ironically, the snippet from G. H. Hardy's A Mathematician's Apology that I've quoted so often:
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If you've ever wondered what I've been doing...
here's the short answer: Astro Empires.
to clarify: I've also finished a few books and looked through a bunch of Putnam problem sets while waiting the 100+ hours for some reseach to finish in the aforementioned MMO. Here are some impressions:
Magic Street, by Orson Scott Card
A very interesting read, and by far the best of the fantasy novels that I' ( Read more... ) -
Not that anyone who reads this would care,
but I just stumbled upon another nifty property:
In the expansion of (x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + ... + xi)n
the coefficient of the term with (x1a1)(x2a2) ... (xiai)
equals n!/((a1!)(a2!)...(an!))
(thanks,
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Halfway Point
somewhat related to my last post - here's another illustration of my counterproductive habits.
My resolutions from January 10, 2007:
> Finish the programs that i've abandoned.
*well, I've managed to start work on more programs... finishing any remains a challenge
> Try to actually learn something from a class.
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Among the bad habits that I need to kick...
well, let me just list some of my summer activities:
No productivity
TV-links:
The ultimate time-waster. Thanks, al.
Wikipedia:
The other ultimate time-waster. Thanks, blagoblag.
Games:
I actually don't play as much now... it's hard to concentrate sufficiently on a game while watching videos or reading wikis.
Marginal productivity
Project Euler:
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why did the Heroes season finale have to suck? -
Six Flags NJ!
...has so much more than the one here in MD - around twice as many rides, ranging from the incredible to the dismal. Barring the cloudy weather, intermittent drizzle, and three hours travel time required to get there (thanks to Wade for driving, and Elisha for lending us her roomy van), it was a pretty incredible day ( Read more... )
